Schott Musik

It was not until his late twenties that the pianist, Thomas Larcher, known as an expert of contemporary music, began his career as a composer. Among his most interesting works is the string quartet 'C...

With this edition, Schott publishes the early two-movement string quartet by Bernd Alois Zimmermann for the first time. In a letter the composer wrote: 'I am still messing around with my quartet. This...

The present publication of the complete works of Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695-1764) is intended as a critical edition, making the works of the composer available in accordance with the most recent r...

Eine sehr einfache, im Hintergrund verborgene Melodie bildet die Basis für mein sechstes Streichquartett. Diese Melodie (ferne Stimmen) wird in einem langsamen Tempo gespielt, die ihr zugrundeliegende...

The work of Paul Hindemith is encyclopedic in nature. From the outset, he worked in all musical genres and devised several of his musical ideas and projects not as individual, self-contained works but...

The work of Paul Hindemith is encyclopedic in nature. From the outset, he worked in all musical genres and devised several of his musical ideas and projects not as individual, self-contained works but...

A Birthday Card for Prince Charles' was written for the Sanday Fiddle Club, in celebration of the sixtieth birthday of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Sanday is one of the Orkney Islands, the...

This beautiful and tentative work for viol consort is based on a Purcell Fantasia of the same name. Occasionally, and to great effect, Bryars enhances the rich, romantic sound of bowed viols with the...

This beautiful and tentative work for viol consort is based on a Purcell Fantasia of the same name. Occasionally, and to great effect, Bryars enhances the rich, romantic sound of bowed viols with the...

Gaetano Brunetti, who was born in Italy, probably in Fano, in 1744 and died in Madrid in 1798, was among the most progressive composers of his time. He joined the court of Madrid early on and under Ki...

In 1771, at the same time, two composers in Madrid, Luigi Boccherini and Gaetano Brunetti 'discovered' and established the string quintet as a new musical genre. While the works of Boccherini are perf...

The String Quartet in G minor by Anton Wranitzky (1761-1820) is one of the great works that combine stylistic devices developed by the turn of the century, such as the development of the sonata form b...

Florian Leopold Gaßmann's (1729-1774) Op. 2, 'Sei quintetti, Dilatamenti, Notturni o sia Serenate Per Violino o Flauto, Violino Secondo, Due Viole e Baßso ...' belongs among the earliest quintets, alo...

It is not only with regard to the instrumentation that the string quintet Sonanzen (a play on the words 'consonance' and 'dissonance') follows the famous example of Schubert, and even Wagner's Tristan...

It was in Madrid in 1771 that two composers simultaneously 'discovered' and invented the string quartet as new musical genre: Luigi Boccherini and Gaetano Brunetti. The string quartets by the Italian...

Penderecki's demanding and thrilling String Quartet No. 3 is now available in a version with double-bass. The instruments are of equal importance, the performers have to master both brilliant virtuoso...

Amanti's first string quintet (2014) looks into Creation in less than 20 minutes and is a rewarding interactive audience piece.'Spiritual' is inspired by the gospel tradition. Beautiful solos lead fro...

Amanti's first string quintet (2014) looks into Creation in less than 20 minutes and is a rewarding interactive audience piece.'Spiritual' is inspired by the gospel tradition. Beautiful solos lead fro...